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Fellowship Awards
AwardAward of Consultant Fellowship of the IOCP The Institute of Chiropodists and Podiatrists Submissions are invited from members or academic fellows of the Institute pursuant to granting them additional recognition as a Consultant Fellow of the Faculty of Podiatric Medicine of the Institute of Chiropodists and Podiatrists
(CFPodM). This allows fellows to progress to further advanced training and practice indemnified by the IOCP.
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Consultant Fellowship is a clinical award for senior members of the profession, recognising and demonstrating their seniority and an advanced scope of clinical practice. The minimum attainments of individuals seeking the award must be as follows:
•They must be current registrants of the Health and Care
Professions Council, in good standing, at the time of application without pending disciplinary action.
•They must be current full members or academic fellows of the Institute of Chiropodists and Podiatrists with current IOCP
Option 4 professional indemnity insurance.
•They must have a degree in Podiatry or Podiatric Medicine awarded by a UK university
•They must have Local Anaesthesia (POM-A) and Prescription
Medicine (POM - S) annotations recorded on their HCPC registration entry OR have POM-A and Supplementary
Prescribing/ Independent Prescribing recorded on their
HCPC annotations. • They must have a minimum of 12 years of clinical practice as a podiatrist.
•They must submit evidence of a pattern of continuing professional development throughout their career to date in subjects appropriate to podiatric medicine.
•They must submit a curriculum vitae, showing their journey through the profession to the date of application and this must demonstrate how they believe themselves to have a scope of practice that merits the title ‘advanced/Consultant’
•They must agree to submit a presentation/lecture to the IOCP
Annual Conference demonstrating their advanced knowledge/ practice/research.
The award is via the agreement of the panel of the Consultant Fellowship board of the IOCP who will ensure that all of the minimum standards have been met. Applicants will also be required to successfully undertake an interview and provide two professional references including a statement/sponsor of support. Once the criteria has been met and the appropriate application paperwork submitted to the registered offices of the Institute, the award will then be formally issued upon payment of the nominal administration fee of £150.
AwardAward of Academic Fellowship The Institute of Chiropodists and Podiatrists Submissions are invited from members of the Institute pursuant to granting them additional recognition as an Academic Fellow of the Faculty of Podiatric Medicine of the Institute of Chiropodists and Podiatrists (FPodM). Application is by way of completion of the appropriate paperwork and submission of a 5000 word dissertation containing previously unpublished material on a relevant podiatric subject that meets the approval of the Review Board of the Faculty of Fellows. Such dissertation is to be constructed on sound academic principles and be adequately referenced in an accepted academic style. For members who have not previously published, the Board is happy to give informal and friendly guidance to members wishing to develop this interesting new area of their professional career. A nominal fee of £100 is payable to cover the necessary administration by Head Office. Certificates of Fellowship will be awarded to successful Fellows and their names recorded on the Roll of Fellows maintained by the Faculty.
Accepted dissertations will be published in Podiatry Review and be added to The Fellows Library which will be an electronic knowledge bank available online to registered members. Such activity is also held to be Continuing Professional Development (CPD) by the IOCP and is suggested as being suitable to record in the event of HCPC audit. Applications will be accepted from current members who are HCPC registered, annotations such as POMs or LA are not a condition of application as this is an academic award open to all HCPC registered full members of the Institute.
